Letter to Stephen and Kitty Fassett (from 227 Waverly Place, New York, NY), 1978 May 21
Scope and Contents
Merwin reminisces about their recent (1978) visit to the Fassetts: "Those days in Boston, in retrospect, had a lovely pace of their own, not altogether different from our pace through the Pompeii exhibit -- and now they seem to have been whipped away and colored and shaded and fed and filled in those rooms and associations at 24 Chestnut Street, and then I think of how all of those things are you both." He recounts "a fine drive back with Dan Wolfe, who's another very old friend--I knew him as a little boy." He refers to his upcoming departure from New York for Hawaii: "To San Francisco for a day, and then on, straight back to Maui. I never grow up; I want to be several places at once. I used to be always missing somewhere. Now it's not that so much--not wanting to be somewhere else--but just wanting to be where I am and somehow in other places too."
Dates
- Creation: 1978 May 21
Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
1 letter
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
.5 linear feet (1 box of 69 letters)Repository Details
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